What are antibiotics and probiotics?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Antibiotics are a kind of medicine that a doctor might give you to help you fight off an infection. But there are also things called probiotics in food and vitamins. So what’s the difference between probiotics and antibiotics? We asked Dr. Kaveh Hoda to help us find the answer. Got a question that your gut tells you is a great one? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll send you a small-batch, artisanally fermented answer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:04.6	Answering those questions that make you go um.
0:08.0	Um, um, um, um, um, um, um.
0:11.8	Um, um, um, um, um, moment of um, um, um, moment of um comes to you from APM Studios.
0:25.0	I'm Anna Goldfield.
0:29.1	I'm in the Brains-on-Labric kitchen mixing up a big batch of kimchi.
0:33.4	I've got some chunks of cabbage, some sliced dicon radish and carrots for a little variety,
0:38.3	plus scallions, ginger, chili paste, and garlic.
0:43.3	A lot of garlic.
0:45.3	The Labricetion is getting pretty fragrant.
0:48.3	Ah, yum.
0:50.3	I'm making kimchi not just because it's spicy and delicious, but because it's supposed to
0:55.0	be really good for your tummy health.
0:57.3	That's because it has something in it called probiotics.
1:00.8	Probiotics are tiny little microorganisms like bacteria and yeast.
1:04.7	And you can find them in all kinds of foods, from kimchi to yogurt.
1:08.7	But now that I think about it, probiotics sounds kind of like antibiotics.
1:14.5	My doctor has given me antibiotics when I've been sick and it helped me get better.
1:19.0	But what's the difference between probiotics and antibiotics?
1:22.8	My pal Bella was curious about this too, so I asked a doctor friend to help us out.
1:31.6	Music Bella was curious about this too, so I asked a doctor friend to help us out. So antibiotics, these are medicines that help people fight infections caused by bacteria.
1:37.6	My name is Kavejoda.
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